 OT: Okafor gets 6 year, $72 mil deal |
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 Jul 29 2008, 10:28 AM
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QUOTE The Charlotte Bobcats have agreed in principle on a six-year contract worth at least $72 million with restricted free agent Emeka Okafor.
General manager Rod Higgins confirmed the agreement Tuesday to local reporters, saying that he expects the contract to be completed "in the next few days" after an ESPN.com report said the sides had made significant progress in the past week and were on the verge of a deal. The agreement with Okafor by far represents Charlotte's biggest expenditure on one player as the club readies for its fifth season. Okafor turned down a five-year deal with a similar $12 million annual average before last season, preferring to wait for restricted free agency. |
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Jul 29 2008, 03:29 PM
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Skills Competitor Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 1,675 Joined: 14-March 06 Member No.: 52 |
Well, now we have a pretty good bar for Deng. There is no way he should be getting more money than Okafor.
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Jul 30 2008, 11:19 AM
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I'm dissapointed to see Emeka sign because I would have loved to see the Bulls find a way to sign Deng long-term and than acquire Okafor, who I believe, could be the missing piece to the franchise. A team consisting of Deng/Okafor/Rose would have been very solid and would have grown into a potential title contender, imo (depending on who the Bulls had to give up to make the deal).
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Jul 30 2008, 11:20 AM
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QUOTE (TeaLeafReaderII @ Jul 29 2008, 02:29 PM)  Well, now we have a pretty good bar for Deng. There is no way he should be getting more money than Okafor. Well they pretty much got identical deals, although Deng could get as much as 80M. He'll only be 29 when his deal is up too. Deng's still got every bit of a chance to be a perennial all star, but he's going to have to be more aggressive on the court to ever become a "star". |
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Jul 30 2008, 10:57 PM
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Starter Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 994 Joined: 23-March 06 From: Atlanta Member No.: 84 |
QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 30 2008, 12:19 PM) I'm dissapointed to see Emeka sign because I would have loved to see the Bulls find a way to sign Deng long-term and than acquire Okafor Yeah, I felt the same way when I saw Okafor was re-signed. |
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